Jared Clark's leadoff home run in the top of the sixth broke a 1-1 tie, and Kendal Volz (Baylor: Bulverde, Texas) notched his fifth save of the tournament as the USA Baseball National Team defeated Cuba 4-1 Sunday afternoon in the championship game of the 24th Haarlem Baseball Week at Pim Mullier Stadium. Team USA improved to 14-0 on the 2008 tour with the win and finished 7-0 in the Haarlem Baseball Week.
The team fielded by Cuba for Haarlem Baseball Week was the same roster minus one player from Cuba's 2006 silver-medal World Baseball Classic and 2004 gold-medal Athens Olympic Games teams. It also is the same team that will compete in the Games of the 29th Olympiad next month in Beijing.
Sunday's victory marked the first time in recorded history that a United States Collegiate National Team has defeated the Cuba Olympic Team in a tournament title game. Furthermore, it was Team USA's second win over Cuba in an eight-day span after a 1-0 victory last Sunday.
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